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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa;
[syn: addax, Addax nasomaculatus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Addax \Ad"dax\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragusnasomaculatus or Oryx nasomaculatus). [1913 Webster] Note: It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

addax n 1: large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa [syn: addax, Addax nasomaculatus]